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Tuesday August 5, 2008
Interview Jacobien Tamsma, Jazztronaut concert agency
Interview, by Etienne Payen, in French, of Jacobien Tamsma (Jazztronaut agency), a kingpin personality of Belgian & International jazz scene. Click on the title to download te pdf.
photo Jos Knaepen
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Tuesday July 29, 2008
Emmanuelle Somer in Patricia Kaas world tour
Emmanuelle Somer been selected for the upcoming world tour of French pop singer Patricia Kaas,
November 2008-December 2009.
She will be playing 6 instruments (clarinets, saxophones, oboe & English horn).
Photo : Dirk Stockmans
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Tuesday July 29, 2008
Joachim Badenhorst plays on new album by Simon Jermin on Fresh Sound Records
Reed player Joachim Badenhorst appears on the album « Simon Jermyn´s Trot A Mouse », with Simon Jermyn-guitar /bass, Chris Speed -clarinet /tenor sax, Loren Stillman -alto sax/clarinet
Joachim Badenhorst -bass clarinet bass / tenor sax, Sean Carpio – drums
Album recorded in New York, January 2007 and released on the Spanish.
Click on the title for more infos.
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Tuesday July 29, 2008
The band Bender Banjax wins ‘Jong Jazztalent Gent 2008’
In the margin of its yearly festival, Gent Jazz Festival organizes, each year, together with Duvel-Moortgat and JazzLab Series a contest for young bands.
The uncontested winner of this year’s 8th edition, that took place in the framework of Jazz In ’t Park meets Gent Jazz Festival’ is the group Bender Banjax, line up : Erik Bogaerts (sax), Christian Mendoza (piano), Axel Gilain (base) et Stijn Cools (drums).
The winners are entitled to participate in the JazzLab Series 2008, a concert at Dinant Jazz Nights 2009, concert at Jazz Maastricht and Gent Jazz Festival 2009 as well as playing the closing of Jong Jazztalent Gent 2009.
Photo Bruno-Bollaert
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Friday July 25, 2008
Marni Jazz - Le festival "Marni Jazz Rendez-Vous" celebrating 30 years of Travers in September
Théâtre Marni begins its 10th season this September with a series of concerts, in the framework of « Marni Jazz Rendez-Vous » that also reminds us the creation, 30 years ago, of the landmark Brussels club Travers.
There will be 7 concerts out of which 4 in reconstituted formations for the occasion.
This season the place will transform itself into a club, every first Tuesday of the month, for a concert given in the intimate atmosphere of the bar, for €5 entrance fee.
Click on the title for a detailed programme.
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Tuesday July 22, 2008
Sept. 27 : first edition of the Musicalix Festival in Woluwé-Saint-Pierre (Brussels)
The first edition of te Musicalix Festival will take place on September 27 2008 in Brussels, place Sainte-Alix, in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
Free attendance.
All jazz styles by Belgian and foreign musicians such as Michel Herr, Bruno Castellucci, Richard Rousselet, Peter Hertmans, Paolo
Loveri, Ben Sluijs, Alexandre Furnelle, Chrystel Wautier, Quentin Liégeois, Samir
Bendimered and Pietro Condorelli, special guest from Italy.
Young talents:
Guitarist Laurent Melnyk, with saxophonist David Devrieze, and bass player
Michel Vrydag and Laurent Vidal, drums.
Click on the title for a detailed programme.
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Tuesday July 22, 2008
Aug. 1 : tribute to Albert Langue, trumpet player from Mons
The Maison du Jazz en Hainaut announce for August 1, 2008 (18:00) a tribute evening to the legendary trumpet player from Mons (B) Albert Langue, with the participation of the "Louisiana Dixie Band".
On this occasion, the Maison du Jazz en Hainaut will release a cd box containing all the recordings of "Albert Langue and the Dixies Stompers" between 1954 and 1994.
Location : Machine à Eaux, Boulevard Dolez 51 in Mons.
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Saturday July 19, 2008
JazzLab Series celebrating 15th anniversary
The JazzLab Series is celebrating its 15th anniversary and will be marking the occasion with a tour of an all stars band, featuring a number of musicians who frequently appeared in JazzLab series events. At Jazz in't Park (another festival celebrating its 15th year, clearly a popular anniversary with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra also celebrating 15 years of existence !), in the Zuidpark in Ghent, you will have the opportunity to witness a preview performance on 30th August at 10 pm. On stage: Bart Defoort (tenor sax), Frank Vaganée (alto sax), Nathalie Loriers (piano), Peter Hertmans (guitar), Nicolas Thys (bass) and Félix Simtaine (drums).
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Saturday July 19, 2008
New album recorded by the Bart Defoort & Emanuele Cisi Quintet
Tenor saxophonist Bart Defoort will be releasing a cd in October with the Bart Defoort & Emanuele Cisi Quintet, the ensemble with whom he completed a successful Jazzlab tour a few months ago. This international quintet, with Cisi and Defoort on saxophones, Ron Van Rossum on piano, Nic Thys on bass and Sebastiaan De Krom on drums, will be promoting the cd later this year with a series of concerts beginning on 2nd October 2008 at the Bruges Jazz festival.
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Friday July 18, 2008
Issue # 63 of the "Jazz in Belgium" magazine is out, a.o. on this site
The latest issue (# 63) of the Jazz in Belgium magazine is out. Published by the Lundis d'Hortense, you can download it directly from this site.
Click on the title.
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Tuesday July 15, 2008
August 16 : masterclasses at Jazz Middelheim : Nicolas Thys, Kenny Werner, Cindy Blackman
On August 16, 2008, during the Jazz Middelheim festival in Antwerp, 3 masterclasses will be organized by Muziekmozaïek, with Belgian bassist Nicolas Thys, pianist Kenny Werner and drummer Cindy Blackman (USA).
Applications via www.muziekmozaiek.be, vincent.de.laat@muzmoz.be, 02 532 38 90
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Friday July 11, 2008
Winners 13th edition Belgian Django d’Or : Dré Pallemaerts + Robin Verheyen, Jean-Pol Schroeder
The ceremony of Django d’Or « Belgian Jazz Trophies » took place on July 10 2008 during the Gent Jazz Festival opening night with the support of SABAM CULTURE.
The Django d’Or « Belgian Jazz Trophies » jury awarded the following artists :
Django d'Or « Confirmed Musician » : Dré PALLEMAERTS (drums)
Other Nominees 2008 : Bart DEFOORT (Saxophones) & David LINX (Vocals)
Django d'Or « Young Talent » : Robin VERHEYEN (Saxophones)
Other nominees 2008 : Alexandre CAVALIÈRE (Violin) & Quentin LIÉGEOIS (Guitar)
The SABAM Jury, presided by Paul Louka and Johan Verminnen , also awarded a prize :
Django d’Or « Special Prize of the Promotion Artistique Belge » La Muse de la SABAM
to Jean-Pol SCHROEDER.
Photos : Jos Knaepen
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Wednesday July 9, 2008
Nico Schepers, Kurt Van Herck on a new Amina Figarova cd : "Above the clouds"
Pianist Amina Figarova (born in Azerbedjan and living in the Netherlands) has a new cd out, titled "Above the clouds", with the participation of Nico Schepers (trumpet) and Kurt Vna Herck (tenor sax), in the company of a.o. Jeroen Vierdag (bass) and Chris “Buckshot” Strik (drums).
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Saturday July 5, 2008
Django d'Or 2008 : awards distribution during the Ghent Jazz Festival on July 10
The jury has finished deliberating and the names been released for the nominated artists in the following 2 categories :
Django d'Or Jeune Talent 2008 (Young talent)
- Alexandre Cavaliere (violin)
- Quentin Liégeois (guitar)
- Robin Verheyen (saxophone)
Django d'Or musicien confirmé 2008 (confirmed musician)
- Bart Defoort (saxophone)
- David Linx (vocalist)
- Dré Pallemaerts (drummer)
The winners will be announced on July 10, 2008 during Gent Jazz Festival opening night.
The ceremony now alternates between two of Belgium major festivals, "Dinant Jazz Nights" and "Gent Jazz Festival".
New: as of this year's edition a cash prize of 10.000 Euros will be offered to the winner " Master of Jazz ". Also, Vzw Jeugd en Muziek Vlaanderen (Youth & Music organization in Flanders) is offering 2.000 Euro to the Django d'Or Young Talent 2008.
During the evening the winners of last year, pianist Pascal Mohy, and guitarist Pierre Van Dormael, will play, each, a concert followed by the ceremony. In the second part the festival programmed concerts by Lionel Loueke and Herbie Hancock.
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Thursday July 3, 2008
JazzBXL : a new private jazz school, by Bas Cooijmans, opening October 1st 2008
Under the direction of bass player Bas Cooijmans, the JazzBXL school intends a comprehensive coverage of all jazz facettes, while providing the highest professional level of education with a team of well known professionals as teachers.
Academic year runs from October 1st 2008 through June 2009. A web site is available for more details.
Click on the title.
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Wednesday July 2, 2008
The band Rackham will perform at 2 festivals in Colombia in September
The band RACKHAM (Toine Thys) has been invited to perform in major 2 festivals in Colombia in September 2008 : Teatro Libre in Bogota, and the Barranquijazz in Barranquilla, opening for Terence Blanchard.
On this occasion, they will partly play their new repertoire, which they will continue developing during a 4 days residence at the Jazz Station (Brussels) from Sept. 22 thru 25, 2008 (with a concert on the 25th).
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Sunday June 29, 2008
Beware, larceny attempts via the mail of this site !!
If you receive a proposal, from a certain Vertgon Norbert, for a series of gala concerts abroad (or anything else), beware !
There are number of complaints against this person for attempting to extort money.
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Friday June 27, 2008
Jazz Hot # 646 (June 2008) is available via mail order
EDITORIAL Memories of you
ACTUALITÉS
Hot News, livres, larmes
COMPTES-RENDUS Paris, Londres, Bastia, Léognan
MAGAZINE Mulgrew MILLER, Andrea POZZA
CDs-DVDs Parus en bref
Petites annonces
Les FESTIVALS 2008 en France et à l'étranger
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Friday June 27, 2008
Radio M.J.M. (Brussels) off the air, launches protest
Read the press release in the FRench version of this page.
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Tuesday June 24, 2008
Summer on RTBF tv : Andy Sheppard, Chris Joris/Bob Stewart, Mélanie de Biasio, Jazz me do, Jan de Haas etc...
In its series "I love Jazz", RTBF tv will air, each Saturday at 23h30, a series of jazz concerts (3 concerts recorded during the Jazz à Liège festival 2008 and some at Studio Molière, Brussels) :
6 July: Bob Stewart/Chris Joris (Liège 2008)
13 July: Andy Sheppard "Melody Gainsbourg" (Liege 2008)
20 July: Mélanie De Biasio (Molière Jazz Club dec 2007)
27 July: Jane Monheit (Montreal)
03 August: Jan de Haas (Molière)
10 August: Dave Douglas (Liège 2007)
17 August: Phil Abraham Jazz Me Do (Liege 2007)
24 August: Jazz en France
31 August: Paris Jazz Big Band
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